The base vehicle is a CORP jet plane. I turned the tail wings upside down and attached them to the frame with greenstuff.

For Phase II I added an R5 head that I had lying around from some custom fodder I got from AdamS. I added the back foil using a piece of styrene that was cut from a "No Tresspassing" Sign (thanks again for the tip Jesse).

You can't see it in these WIPs but I also updated the cockpit interior with a new decal from Erik Stormtroopers site (thanks for the tip again Jesse!). I've also already cleaned up some of the lines that came from a poor masking job.

I'm unsure on adding any specifici weathering to this one. It is a Pre-AOTC vehicle so I imagine the Jedi are able to keep their starfigthers fairly clean.

So far it looks real cool, but a jedi would never use an r5, The R5 model was a downgraded version of R2's and 3's IT didn't have all the gizmos and also developed a depressing and pessamistic personality.

As far as the astromech. I'll confess that I'm not an astromech expert. I grabbed the only head that was readily available and slapped it on. If it is an integrated Astromech, maybe the could use an R5 model? Maybe?

oh man! Thats cool! What really hit me is that I have that same laser cannon on top of my ship as well! AND my ship I've been working on is kinda along the same line as yours. KInda a weird co-winky-dink.